15 Feb 04:35

oerg866

v1.0.0

64e34de

v1.0.0 Latest

Latest

QuickInstall v1.0.0 is here!

Yes, I know it took over a year, but I hope it was worth the wait!

Here's the changes:

Bootloader:

Floppy/CD Bootloader now reads 18/36 sectors at once, massively speeding up boot on buggy BIOSes
You can now select DMA to be disabled during boot to work around buggy IDE/SCSI/SATA controllers or drives (Note: this also applies to SYSLINUX and DOS boot, but NOT UEFI boot)
There is now a progress bar when starting QuickInstall via the Floppy/CD Bootloader

Reference images:

Added Q381307 (VMOUSE.VXD) update to 98SE and ME reference image
Added Q311561 (IO.SYS) update to 98SE and ME reference image
Added Q304708 (CDVSD.VXD) update to ME reference image
Added Q271233 (HSFLOP.PDR) update to ME reference image
Added Q274370 (CDVSD.VXD) update to 98SE reference image
Added Q274175 (CDFS.VXD) update to 98SE and ME reference image
Added Q293197 (VDHCP.386) update to 98SE reference image
Added Q289635 (GDI.EXE/GDI32.DLL) update to 98SE and ME reference image
Added Q277784 (HIDSERV.EXE) update to ME reference image
Added Q262232 (HSFLOP.PDR) update to 98SE reference image
Added Unofficial 2020 Time Zones Update
DirectX on MICRO images changed from 8.1 to 8.1b
Added DOS Mouse acceleration fix
Added VMM 4G Resource Patch (Sweetlow)
Added R. Loew non-DOS Partition Corruption Patch
Added R. Loew CDFS 2GB Disk Limit Patch
Added patch to set PS/2 mouse report rate to 200Hz (Patch by SweetLow)
Added IO.SYS patch to fix janky DOS disk detection order (PCHIO98)
Updated SweetLow ATAPCIBM INF patch
Updated SweetLow ESDI_506 patches
7-Zip is now installed by default (yeah, that took a while)
98SE/ME Lite images can now install DirectX 9.0c properly
There is a NUKE.BAT script now that allows you to reset the system registry (i.e. redetect hardware) without re-installation (experimental)
Extras folder massively debloated by removing tools and patches that are already integrated in the reference images
Existing extras folder content repackaged with 7zip SFXs for more efficient space usage
K6INIT updated to 1.4b
HWiNFO32 updated to 8.40
Total Commander updated to 11.56
HDAT2 updated to 2.76
SuperPI updated to 1.1e mod (modified to show milliseconds)
PCIEDIT updated to 0.5
Added Video Memory Stress Test (VMT) 1.7.116
Added Video Memory Stress Test for Clean Environment (VMTC) 1.21
Individual OS images now fit inside one 700MB CD-R again! :)

General Changes:

Eliminated missing ".CAT" file popups during installation (hopefully)
Fixed USB audio drivers not installing
Deduplicated the registry in the OS data files, meaning the installer now has to copy ~1MB less data :P
Rewrote driver library parsing code from scratch. It's now open source, faster and more reliable and doesn't need WINE!
Fixed Font and Recycled folders not working properly (bugs with the file/directory attributes)
Image creation rewritten to use disk images instead of directories
New System Info dialog OEM logo (by Tapachki)
USB Mass Storage devices no longer prompt for a driver when being plugged in (if bundled USB drivers are used)
Added EFI kernel allowing USB images to be booted on UEFIs directly
Added Witchery Voodoo 2 diagnostic tool
Added CREGFIX patch integration
Added GPT Disk / LBA64 helper Driver integration, meaning on "good" controller/drive combo, GPT disks > 2TB and with 4k native sectors can be read and written (very experimental)
Massively extended documentation

Installer:

Installer mostly rewritten
NVME Disks are now correctly recognized and no longer trip up the hard disk selector
NVME Disks are now valid installation targets
Made File Line reading a bit more robust, hopefully fixing memory corruption when fetching OS List
Fixed a memory leak when cycling in and out of hard-disk related menus with existing mountpoints
Replaced individual "ask user" dialogs with a single menu to configure the installation
Added read error handling for prebuffering (should fix a lot of the ReadAhead1Block assertion errors)
Added better UI feedback on errors
Improved installer mounting/unmounting procedures
Installer can now be run from any modern-ish Linux environment (not recommended but possible), provided lsblk and cfdisk are available
Removed dependency on sfdisk for disk activation (fewer errors on partition activation, and it is much faster)
The installation can now be configured in a single menu
The installation progress is now displayed in a single multi-progress-line window
Partitioning and Installation now handles non-MBR disks and rejects them
Partitioning now offers to wipe the partition table on non-MBR (i.e. GPT) disks so that CFDISK can MBRify them
The OS variant can now be changed after the main menu was entered
The user can go back to the main menu after the installation
The extra driver library and extra software directory can now be copied to the hard disk within the installer

Driver changes (Base)

Update Trident 3DImage 9x5 unified driver
Update S3 Trio 3D/2x driver
Add Adaptec ASH1205 driver
Add SiS 18x/96x SATA/RAID driver
Add ADMTEK 98x driver
Add Liteon 82c16x driver
Add Macronix 987xx driver
Add ITE821x non-RAID driver
Add ASIX 881xx driver
Add NVME storage driver (SweetLow)
SweetLow USB2.0 stack promoted to base driver library! :)
Update AHCI driver patches (SweetLow)
Buggy/Limited R.Loew Lexar USB storage driver replaced by SweetLow driver
Add several D-Link fast/gigabit ethernet card drivers
Update VIA Rhine and Velocity drivers
Update Broadcom 4401 drivers
Add 2019 latest NDIS2 drivers for Intel Gigabit Ethernet adapters
Add JMicron JMC250/JMC260 PCIe ethernet NDIS2 driver
Add Realtek 8168 PCIe ethernet > rev3 NDIS2 driver
Add VIA Amazon 10mbps driver

Driver changes (Extra)

Make Voodoo banshee driver universal (experimental)
Add early Avance ALC AC97 VxD drivers
Add 3DLabs Wildcat driver
Add VBEMP
Add ATI Radeon 7xxx, 8xxx, 9xxx Driver 3.06
Add s3 unichrome for VIA Intel and K8 chipsets
Add SiS unified IGP driver
Add VIA Vinyl AC97 driver
Add PowerVR PCX1/PCX2 driver

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23 Dec 21:43

oerg866

v0.9.6

fe8da5d

v0.9.6

Framework changes

Rewrote OS variant selection code (Fixes some bugs such as image types appearing twice in the installer and acting strangely)
Default Monitor prompts now get silenced on every generated image
Generic Modem drivers no longer get deleted
Installer no longer freaks out when tape streamers or other inconventional media type devices are connected (#17)
Some more unneeded files get removed during image creation (logs, etc)
Driver library changes:
- Surecom NE-34 LAN driver added
- Winbond W89C940 LAN driver added
- Intel E1000 extended to install for T/MT server cards emulated by VirtualBox
- SweetLow's patch for R.Loew's AHCI driver added

Reference image changes:

Rebuilt ALL images
STOCK image debloated a little
Removed excessive SLEEK and MICRO (non-DirectX) images to make maintainance easier
ME image is now of the MICRO variety (honestly surprising how fast it is)
Added SweetLow's patches (fixes CHS and non-LBA48 drives and systems corrupting data, and a lot more, #22 )
Added some important official OS patches (QFEs) to 98SE and ME:
Updated CPU patches to Patcher9x 0.8.0
Hack to speedup hardware detection popups in 98SE
Fixed boot-to-blinking-cursor bug in 98SE STOCK image.
"Default Monitor" install popup no longer appears
CREGFIX added to extras folder (#21)
Fixed some drivers missing that should have been included
Generic Modem drivers reinstated (#18)

Windows 9x QuickInstall reference images

Included Operating Systems:

Windows 98 Second Edition with 98Lite MICRO + DirectX 8.1 - Fully patched
Windows 98 Second Edition (Stock) - Fully patched
Windows Millenium Edition with 98Lite MICRO + DirectX 8.1 - Fully patched

OS-included Patches & Software:

Driver library (https://github.com/oerg866/win98-driver-lib-base)
Important QFEs

Win98SE WinME

Q239696 Q268452
Q239887 Q276602
Q245682 Q278289
Q253697 Q280800
Q253711 Q280127
Q269601 Q290831
Q270063 Q296773
Q273017 Q301453
Q276602 Q301540
Q280448 Q305826
Q281533 Q308236
Q288430 Q314417
Q291362 Q316795
Q293793
Q306453
Microsoft Installer 2.0
RAM patch (R. Loew)
SATA patch (R. Loew)
LBA48 patches (R. Loew)
SweetLow patches:
Patch for RLoew's AHCI.PDR 3.0 - disabled nonfunctional handler of IDE_PASS_THROUGH to prevent BSOD on SMART access
Patch for (the latest version of) APIX.VXD (for Windows 98SE) - disabled special handling for devices on Port Driver ESDI_506.PDR
esdi_506.zip Patches for ESDI_506.PDR from Windows 98SE / RLoew's Terabyte Plus Pack 2.1
smartvsd.zip Patches for SMARTVSD.VXD - works for any combination of ATA channels and devices on these channels and more
WIN98SE_ATAPCIBM.ZIP Right .INF for PCI Bus Master ATA Controllers including those in PCI Native Mode with RLoew's "SATA" Patch/Terabyte Package

GitHub: https://github.com/LordOfMice
Website: http://sweetlow.orgfree.com/download/

Used with permission, thank you very much!! :)
Unicode layer
Windows 9x TLB invalidation bug patch (Patcher9x by JHRobotics)
SYSDMCPL hack by oerg866 to speed up HW detection popups

Available on CD:

Extended driver library (https://github.com/oerg866/win98-driver-lib-extra)
Extra system drivers
3DMark 99
3DMark 2000
3DMark 2001 SE
DirectX 8.1
DirectX 9.0c
Directory Services Client
Microsoft Installer
.NET Framework 2.0
Maximus Decím USB Drivers 3.5 & 3.6
Revolutions Pack 9.7 + updates + ext
Paragon NTFS For Windows 98
R. Loew patch set (1TBPLUS, AHCI, CDTOOLS, LBA48, NVIDIA, RAMPATCH, SATA, SYSDMCPL, TRIM)
CREGFIX
CPU-Z
HWINFO32
SuperPI
TCP Optimizer
WinRAR 3.93
TotalCommander
WPCREdit with all known hardware files
Roadkil's Disk Speed
CPUFSB 9
PCIEdit (oerg866)
K6INIT (oerg866)
VGACOPY + CPUCACHE
IrfanView
HDAT2

Assets 10

22 Oct 08:55

oerg866

v0.9.5

13e2422

v0.9.5

Linux Kernel
- Kernel version is now 5.10.227
- Fix VIA 82C586A IDE DMA error by limiting to PIO4
- Compile kernel with -O2 (~20% copy time improvement)
- Now with RAID support
Installer
- Reboot prompt is now clearer
- File copy now shows which part of the image is copying
- Wait for buffer readahead on underrun to reduce blocking
- Fix bugs with more than 1 HDD installed
Drivers
- Fix HPT3xx driver by removing redundant HPT366 driver
- Add ALi ArtX 1 to extra driver library (DRIVER.EX)
- Fix missing driver files for non-unique CAB names (Fixes 3Com 3C90x, etc.)
Reference ISOs
- Update K6INIT
- Update CPU-Z Vintage Edition
- Update HWINFO32
- Update Total Commander
Framework
- Add pciutils to compilation & image generation (good for diagnostics! :D)
- Fix util-linux library problems (something is really wrong with their configure script)

Assets 12

08 Sep 19:56

oerg866

v0.9.4

9381354

v0.9.4

Main repository

Fix corrupted files with USB images due to broken size calculation
Fix USB image being created without being asked
Fix VLB SCSI / IDE adapters not working
Rework large parts of installer
- Memory leak fixes
- Agressive & Asynchronous readahead to speed up installation
- Rewrite UI with new custom minimal text UI library
- Massively reduced installer size by no longer requiring libdialog/ncurses
- Reworked lsblk interface, HDD scanning is now much faster
Add firmware support to linux kernel to support additional SCSI adapters (e.g. Advansys 3550)
Build process more stabilised and simplified, now buildable with GCC 11+
Better dependency descriptions
Fix sysprep xattr requirement for Windows hosts
Potential improvement on stability for FAST device detection

Driver library (Base)

Properly distinguish Sil3x12 RAID/NON-RAID drivers
Fix VIA 686 southbridge AC97 being installed with no actual driver
Add Silicon Motion SM712 driver
Fix CAT file warning for SiS 6326
Update ESS1938 driver
Add Atheros L1 and L2 PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)
Add 3c90x/3c920 driver
Add Atheros AR8151 PCIe NIC driver (NDIS2)
Move Trident 4DWave to EXTRA driver lib.
Update OPTi 929 driver
Remove FA311 driver in favor of generic DP83815x driver
Add Realtek 8100E-H PCIe NIC drivers (NDIS2)

Driver Library (Extra)

Add Trident 4DWave driver with soundfonts
Add experimental USB 2.0 driver (From NUSB)

Reference images

Add new 98Lite MICRO + DirectX 8.1 image variant
Fix DirectX 9 installability for 98Lite MICRO images

Assets 3

22 May 21:24

oerg866

v0.9.3

a262a1f

v0.9.3

Fixes some UI inconsistencies (OK button on message boxes, crashes when cancelling some prompts)
Duplicate files are stored in image only once
Install media search can now be cancelled as advertised
Fix missing files after installation

Assets 3